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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now allowed walk-in vaccination for health workers registered in its list of 130,000 beneficiaries in order to increase its turnout for COVID inoculation.
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now allowed walk-in vaccination for health workers registered in its list of 130,000 beneficiaries in order to increase its turnout for COVID inoculation.
This means if any health worker does not have a slot allotted by the BMC on a particular day, but he reaches the centre for vaccination, the civic body will inoculate him or her based on the fact that he or she is registered in the beneficiary list prepared by the civic body for the first phase.
This, BMC officials said, will increase the turnout from the nearly 50% since two days, and will also expedite the process of vaccinating health workers.
On Wednesday, the third day of BMC’s drive, 1,728 health workers were vaccinated — 52% of the expected 3,300.
A total of 5,251 health workers have been vaccinated so far in Mumbai.
Further, on Wednesday, seven cases of minor adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), involving giddiness, were reported.
All seven were kept under observation for 30 minutes and later discharged.
According to the BMC’s data, of the 10 vaccination centres, three vaccinated more than 200 citizens each — KEM Hospital (362), Bhabha Hospital, Bandra (306) and Rajawadi Hospital (262).
On Saturday, the first day of the drive-in Mumbai, 1,926 health workers were vaccinated.
A total of 200 staffers, including 80 vaccinators, were working on Saturday.
After this, vaccination was suspended for two days on Sunday and Monday owing to “technical glitches” in the Cowin application.
However, starting Tuesday, the BMC restarted its drive.